I think that was a case involving two businesses though, where both, presumably had comparable negotiation power.
There are generally laws that protect the consumer from unfair contracts, based on the practical realisation that consumers aren't able to negotiate effectively, and can't afford legal representation. When these laws are vague, the courts often interpret them in favour of the individual rather than the corporation.
Because the web is interactive, and native applications have a cumbersome install process. Google would be less convenient as a native application, but without javascript wouldn't pop up those helpful suggestions.
Because it's been tried. It doesn't work. Even if any percentage of income is based on a flat tax, you find people protesting.
If the rich object to paying the amount of taxes they pay, they're entitled to give away their assets and reduce taxes. The poor don't have that option.
The publisher probably will pay those. They're carrying on as though contract has not been breached, Assange would have standing to sue, at the very least. The cost of royalties is nice, predictable, and already budgeted.
If an individual can't do those then why is he even posting?
As for heuristics. I certainly know the heuristic is flawed, having been accused of being a shill myself. It seems bizarre that people think that MS would bother spending resources on trolling Slashdot considering that's not going to translate into more than a handful of sales and if they get uncovered it would result in hideous negative PR.
Even if someone is a shill, suppose a shill pointed out that Windows is a better platform for games than Mac or Linux. Or that XBox had a much better online offering than PS3. These are valid points, and the fact that a shill makes them doesn't make them less true. So the conclusions from the flawed heuristic are also flawed.
And you're *still* having to rely on the truth of statements and logic of conclusions if someone claims that a poster is a shill since this is a statement of purported fact and a conclusion based off this!
Isn't that an ad hominem though? He made an argument. Who he is doesn't affect the truth of the statements of the logic of the conclusions.
As for whether he actually is, a lot of us dislike the groupthink here and will typically only post when we feel that the initial post is rather too slanted. This will typically make some people come across as pro-MS because a lot of their posts simply disagree with those who are strongly anti-MS
Practically speaking, Android is adequately maintainable. It's not like we're expecting to see many phones running for a decade or more, and they're certainly not running mission critical applications.
From a practical point of view, for the platform to be a success, it does need buy-in from various brands. This may well mean compromising some other aspects. That's a political decision. As a developer I can't really say I care too much. I've happily developed for considerably more closed platforms.
One of them is a series of sci-fi films (with a few TV series, book and comic spin-offs), the other is a TV series (with a few TV series, book, comic and film spin-offs). Both enjoyable to fans of the science fiction genre. Both significantly different from each other as to make them worthy in their own rights.
I like roast chicken and prawn curry. I don't feel the need to establish one as superior.
It's the rabid fanatics who have an over-inflated idea of their own importance.
The ones who paid for it, you mean?
They are consumers. Numbers. Statistics. Buyers.
They are the entire reason this is being released on Blu-ray.
Not creators or artists.
But fans and a community.
So STFU, get out of Mom's basement, and get a life already.
What the fans do is essentially what you're doing. Going on the internet and letting our feelings be known. Well, I guess I could do something else with the 5 minutes it takes me but what would you recommend?
It's pissing people off so much that they resort to complaining on internet forums when they have free time. One person is so fanatical that he set up a website. this does not take a lot of time!
The originals would be 70mm film and 6 track audio. The quality difference between that and VHS is considerable. The image quality is technically better then blu-ray. VHS isn't quite the same experience.
Statutory DAMAGES. This is intended to compensate the rights holder for damages that they presumably suffered but can't prove.
If you want punitive damages, then these are applied on a case-by-case basis (and IMO should not occur without the standards of proof required in a criminal trial).
I think you could get programming in through the back door. Start with HTML and add Javascript when the kids are proficient. Every system will allow that at least. And even a basic understanding of HTML is of more practical use than learning to use common applications.
Well, it's only a 60% increase for those 12million. But I agree. Netflix would certainly have done their calculations. The other factor to consider is that the DVD rental service has a cost (postage, lost DVDs, cost of tied up inventory (i.e. the total value of DVDs that are currently rented)). It's possible that this was costing Netflix more than the $2 they were getting or at least close.
The bad PR they suffered from the price hike seems to have been fairly minor, and will be forgotten about soon enough. "My video rental costs have gone up" really is a first world problem. Very hard to feel a lot of sympathy and it's still a pretty good deal.
It seems surprising that Warner was quite so reckless about it. Although exactly what the thoughts are of various individuals within a company we can only speculate.
The thing is, Hotfile probably considered this tool a lesser evil than the risk that Warner et al. would sue them into oblivion, arguing that the site was entirely about copyright infringement. This has clobbered a lot of Warner's legitimacy if Hotfile does decide to cut off all ties with them.
My interpretation was more that because the truth is inconvenient, people will be inclined to deny it. I don't think the GP really presented any explicit position on whether or not this is desirable.
True, but he didn't say that the climate scientists were restricting that. Only that what they say is used to do so, typically by politicians and pressure groups.
Nevertheless, I'm sure that there must be a science paper somewhere that speculates that in order to prevent severe environmental damage, we should reduce use of fossil fuels. The option to cause severe environmental damage can't really be considered a "choice". "Do this or something terrible will happen" does essentially translate as "you must do this"
Academics often consider it separate from science. The way we study mathematics is different. Mathematics doesn't rely on a hypothesis and a test, but formal proofs. It also doesn't directly describe the natural world but the more abstract properties of numbers and patterns.
Here's the thing - the Turing Test is more of a hypothetical answer to a philosophical question. How do we know if a machine is intelligent. Alan Turing came up with a possible answer, but this was in the early days of computers.
The machines that do best tend to use huge lookup tables of possible answers. And I really don't think that anyone could really call that "intelligence". There's simply no concept of understanding within the machine.
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I think that was a case involving two businesses though, where both, presumably had comparable negotiation power.
There are generally laws that protect the consumer from unfair contracts, based on the practical realisation that consumers aren't able to negotiate effectively, and can't afford legal representation. When these laws are vague, the courts often interpret them in favour of the individual rather than the corporation.
What's "a cumbersome install process"?
Download, save, run, select location, run, configure. It's a bit of a faff considering I want results now.
I hate those helpful suggestions Google wants to pop up. I disable them by changing the user agent string.
Most people like them. Eliminating javascript for the small minority who don't would be a little perverse.
Because the web is interactive, and native applications have a cumbersome install process. Google would be less convenient as a native application, but without javascript wouldn't pop up those helpful suggestions.
Interesting idea.
I've had the impression that this comes more from outside - a media obsessed with conflict - or just from a small minority of fans.
In real life, I know few who love one and hate the other. Thing is, anything with spaceships and ray guns will be given a shot by most fans.
Even if any percentage of income is based on a flat tax
Gah! meant tax revenue.
Because it's been tried. It doesn't work. Even if any percentage of income is based on a flat tax, you find people protesting.
If the rich object to paying the amount of taxes they pay, they're entitled to give away their assets and reduce taxes. The poor don't have that option.
Nobody is forced to buy a bottle of coke.
The publisher probably will pay those. They're carrying on as though contract has not been breached, Assange would have standing to sue, at the very least. The cost of royalties is nice, predictable, and already budgeted.
If an individual can't do those then why is he even posting?
As for heuristics. I certainly know the heuristic is flawed, having been accused of being a shill myself. It seems bizarre that people think that MS would bother spending resources on trolling Slashdot considering that's not going to translate into more than a handful of sales and if they get uncovered it would result in hideous negative PR.
Even if someone is a shill, suppose a shill pointed out that Windows is a better platform for games than Mac or Linux. Or that XBox had a much better online offering than PS3. These are valid points, and the fact that a shill makes them doesn't make them less true. So the conclusions from the flawed heuristic are also flawed.
And you're *still* having to rely on the truth of statements and logic of conclusions if someone claims that a poster is a shill since this is a statement of purported fact and a conclusion based off this!
Isn't that an ad hominem though? He made an argument. Who he is doesn't affect the truth of the statements of the logic of the conclusions.
As for whether he actually is, a lot of us dislike the groupthink here and will typically only post when we feel that the initial post is rather too slanted. This will typically make some people come across as pro-MS because a lot of their posts simply disagree with those who are strongly anti-MS
Because they're cooler?
Wouldn't a Kindle do the same job, cost less, and have better battery life?
Both of those are idealistic statements.
Practically speaking, Android is adequately maintainable. It's not like we're expecting to see many phones running for a decade or more, and they're certainly not running mission critical applications.
From a practical point of view, for the platform to be a success, it does need buy-in from various brands. This may well mean compromising some other aspects. That's a political decision. As a developer I can't really say I care too much. I've happily developed for considerably more closed platforms.
One of them is a series of sci-fi films (with a few TV series, book and comic spin-offs), the other is a TV series (with a few TV series, book, comic and film spin-offs). Both enjoyable to fans of the science fiction genre. Both significantly different from each other as to make them worthy in their own rights.
I like roast chicken and prawn curry. I don't feel the need to establish one as superior.
It's the rabid fanatics who have an over-inflated idea of their own importance.
The ones who paid for it, you mean?
They are consumers. Numbers. Statistics. Buyers.
They are the entire reason this is being released on Blu-ray.
Not creators or artists.
But fans and a community.
So STFU, get out of Mom's basement, and get a life already.
What the fans do is essentially what you're doing. Going on the internet and letting our feelings be known. Well, I guess I could do something else with the 5 minutes it takes me but what would you recommend?
It's pissing people off so much that they resort to complaining on internet forums when they have free time. One person is so fanatical that he set up a website. this does not take a lot of time!
The originals would be 70mm film and 6 track audio. The quality difference between that and VHS is considerable. The image quality is technically better then blu-ray. VHS isn't quite the same experience.
Except it's not.
Statutory DAMAGES. This is intended to compensate the rights holder for damages that they presumably suffered but can't prove.
If you want punitive damages, then these are applied on a case-by-case basis (and IMO should not occur without the standards of proof required in a criminal trial).
I think you could get programming in through the back door. Start with HTML and add Javascript when the kids are proficient. Every system will allow that at least. And even a basic understanding of HTML is of more practical use than learning to use common applications.
Well, it's only a 60% increase for those 12million. But I agree. Netflix would certainly have done their calculations. The other factor to consider is that the DVD rental service has a cost (postage, lost DVDs, cost of tied up inventory (i.e. the total value of DVDs that are currently rented)). It's possible that this was costing Netflix more than the $2 they were getting or at least close.
The bad PR they suffered from the price hike seems to have been fairly minor, and will be forgotten about soon enough. "My video rental costs have gone up" really is a first world problem. Very hard to feel a lot of sympathy and it's still a pretty good deal.
It seems surprising that Warner was quite so reckless about it. Although exactly what the thoughts are of various individuals within a company we can only speculate.
The thing is, Hotfile probably considered this tool a lesser evil than the risk that Warner et al. would sue them into oblivion, arguing that the site was entirely about copyright infringement. This has clobbered a lot of Warner's legitimacy if Hotfile does decide to cut off all ties with them.
My interpretation was more that because the truth is inconvenient, people will be inclined to deny it. I don't think the GP really presented any explicit position on whether or not this is desirable.
True, but he didn't say that the climate scientists were restricting that. Only that what they say is used to do so, typically by politicians and pressure groups.
Nevertheless, I'm sure that there must be a science paper somewhere that speculates that in order to prevent severe environmental damage, we should reduce use of fossil fuels. The option to cause severe environmental damage can't really be considered a "choice". "Do this or something terrible will happen" does essentially translate as "you must do this"
Academics often consider it separate from science. The way we study mathematics is different. Mathematics doesn't rely on a hypothesis and a test, but formal proofs. It also doesn't directly describe the natural world but the more abstract properties of numbers and patterns.
Others disagree for perfectly valid reasons.
Don't think it's a morality issue so much as practicality.
Not that I'd encourage anyone to trust Google more than any other company,
Here's the thing - the Turing Test is more of a hypothetical answer to a philosophical question. How do we know if a machine is intelligent. Alan Turing came up with a possible answer, but this was in the early days of computers.
The machines that do best tend to use huge lookup tables of possible answers. And I really don't think that anyone could really call that "intelligence". There's simply no concept of understanding within the machine.
Unless the system has changed since I was at University, we don't really have the Major/Minor system here.
Isn't the term "graduate" a valid term in the US?